Senior Principal Engineer - AI-Driven Network Automation

Oracle; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 146,000 - 306,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) seeks a Lead Principal Software Engineer to own architecture and technical direction for AI-driven network automation platforms. You will stay hands-on in critical design, mentor engineers, and drive major initiatives from concept to production across OCI’s global physical network.

Define reliability, observability, secure workflows, and AI decision systems for anomaly detection and remediation, coordinating with teams to scale automation and accelerate network

Qualifications

• 15+ years in software engineering or network automation with multi-team leadership.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS, CE, or related field.
• Strong Java and Python production experience.
• Experience designing distributed APIs and event-driven pipelines.
• Experience leading complex projects from concept to production.
• Experience with large-scale network infra or data centers.

Responsibilities

• Define long-term architecture and roadmap for physical network automation.
• Lead design of distributed event-driven systems at global scale.
• Architect AI decision systems for anomaly detection and remediation.
• Direct development of agent workflows coordinating tools and services.
• Establish controls for production network actions (auth, gates, audit trails).
• Define evaluation and observability standards for AI-driven capabilities.
• Set architecture and engineering standards across APIs, data pipelines, deployment, and operations.
• Advise senior leaders on technical investments and mentor engineers.

Skills

Java

Python

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Leadership

CI/CD

Observability

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

Containers

Enterprise tools integration

LLM tooling integration

Job description

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) seeks a Lead Principal Software Engineer to own architecture and technical direction for AI-driven network automation platforms. You will stay hands-on in critical design, mentor engineers, and drive major initiatives from concept to production across OCI’s global physical network.

Define reliability, observability, secure workflows, and AI decision systems for anomaly detection and remediation, coordinating with teams to scale automation and accelerate network